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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
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Intertextuality Pair

2 Thessalonians 1:10b → Psalm 68:35

Allusion

Later text

2 Thessalonians 1:10bBSB

on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.

Earlier text

Psalm 68:35BSB

O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!

Significance

Paul states that Christ will be "marveled at among all who have believed" (thaumasthēnai en pasin tois pisteusasin), echoing the wonder and awe attributed to God in Psalm 68:35 (LXX 67:36) where God is "awesome" (nora/thaumastos) among his holy ones. Psalm 68 is a processional hymn celebrating God's triumphant march from Sinai to Zion, culminating in the declaration that God is awe-inspiring from his sanctuary and gives strength to his people. The verbal connection through thaumastos/thaumasthēnai (wonder/marvel) links the Psalm's worship response to the eschatological response at Christ's parousia. Paul adapts the Psalm's temple-centered worship — God awesome "from his sanctuary" — to a people-centered manifestation: Christ is marveled at "among all who have believed." This shift from sanctuary to believing community reflects the new-covenant reality that the church is now God's temple (cf. Eph 2:21-22). The Psalm's theology of divine triumph culminating in communal awe becomes the pattern for Christ's return: just as God's entry into Zion elicited wonder, Christ's coming will elicit eschatological marvel from the assembled saints who behold his glory face to face.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy + Longitudinal Theme

Linked Mentions 1

Anchor Texts 1

Psalm 68:15-19 — The Ascent to Zion